Public Administration Research Methods - 9781138059276

Name: Public Administration Research Methods - 9781138059276
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Public Administration Research MethodsTools for Evaluation and Evidence-Based Practice\nAuthor(s): Warren S. Eller, Brian J. Gerber, Scott E. Robinson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138059276, 978-1138059276\nSynopsis\nThe best decisions made by public managers are based not on instinct, but on an informed understanding of whats happening on the ground. Policy may be directed by ideology, but it must also be founded on reality. The challenge of making the right decisions as a public manager is often, therefore, based on the need for rigorous, actionable research. Now in a thoughtfully revised second edition, this textbook shows students of Public Administration exactly how to use both qualitative and quantitative research techniques to give them the best chance to make the right decisions.\n\nUniquely, Eller, Gerber, and Robinson present research methodologies through a series of real-life case studies, with ea.